Philosophical Speculations

Cleric ... well said, and surely pointing out that we are still stuck in trying to use 'mental' stage cognition and concepts to come to terms with conceiving a novel 'integral' stage praxis, which until the lagging cognition gets up to speed, the phase transition is bound to seem chaotic as we gyrat...

Also, from the quote David posted: "As all persons in their different incarnations pass through the various races, therefore, although it may be argued that the European has the advantage over the black and the yellow races, we should not be prejudiced thereby " Are we just ignoring that ...

Follow your bliss.

Let's face it, everyOne is imperatively lost. What's paramount is realizing this, then finding and irrevocably knowing That which gets lost ... Voila, Satchitananda, the Lost is the Found, not-two. Let Lila play on.

If at all interested in Marshall McLuhan's visionary ideas, and their relevancy to this cyber age, this conversation with Jordan Hall, IMO, is quite brilliant ...

David ... Ok, point made, that the notion of hierarchical soul development should be tied into corresponding racial categories is clearly problematic, and fraught with the potential for abuse by anyone believing that this is justification for subjugation/discrimination/elimination to be inflicted up...

Oh the 'I'rony that the 'I' born of That which one is in essence can't grasp what That does ...

I'm reminded here of my first visit to Venice as a backpacker in 1973, arriving on the morning of Good Friday and naively expecting to find a room still available, and being left to wander through its maze of mostly nameless meandering alleyways, while getting utterly lost in search of a place off t...

Alright, I guess I will have to settle for that, thanks. This was bugging me like one of those words stuck at the tip of your tongue. It would be nice if some of these contributors could just hop on the forum and clear up their own metaphysical positions. [/i] According to Bernardo, it is the inten...

Well worth a look for the artistically inclined, this highly illustrated and fascinating conversation covers the artwork of Hildegard of Bingen, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Worhol, Carl Jung, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Norman Rockwell, Paul Cézanne, Glorianna Houghton, Édouard Manet, Georges Seur...

I'm thinking since infinite Mind goes through all this time and struggle to dream up becoming a finite someOne getting lost in a labyrinth of abstractions then who am 'I' to preclude it